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GIGAR TIP GUTTER. l No1 366,172. Patented J WITN E SSEE lm/ENTER' x 6m@i?.

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CORNELIUS KNUDSEN, OE COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, ASSICNOR To CHARLES JOHNWILSON, OE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

ClGARTlP CUTTER'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,172, dated July 5,1887'. Application tiled April 22, 1887. Serial No. 235522; (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS KNUESEN, of Copenhagen, Kingdom ofDenmark, have invented an Improved Cigar-End Cutter, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to those cigar-end cutters which are usedprincipally in retail cigar-stores for the convenience of purchasers whodesire to cut oft the mouth end of the I3 cigar before lighting it.

The invention consists in an improved combination of parts constitutingthe cutter,which hereinafter is more specifically described and claimed.

i5 In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,Figure l is a front elevation of my device, with parts hidden shown indotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is an end View of thedevice. 2Or Fig. 4L is a sectional plan view.

ln all the iigures the sanie letters of reference are used to indicatethe same paris.

A is the dish to catch the cut-oft' ends of the cigars as they fall fromthe cutters. It is made of metal, either sufliciently heavy to withstandthe Operation of the cutters without displacement, or it may be vmadelight and be fastened to the store-counter by wood screws, as preferred.

B is a hollow standard or pillar firmly secured to the dish by atap-screw, b, as shown, at about the middle. This standard contains aspiral spring, C, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1,) which winds aroundthe stem of the cutter-head D, which passes down into the hollow par-tof the standard. The tendency of the spring is-to raise the cutter-headwhen freed from the downward pressure of the operating-lever. Thestandard B terminates in two side iianges, B B, which are given atriangular shape in the drawings. Each lower cornerof both of theseflanges is provided with a countersunk aperture, b, which receives thetip ends of the cigars as they are held below the cutter-blade in theact of chopping off their ends. There are attached to the cutterhead-oneon each side-two Cutter-blades, E E, each beinglong enough to overlapthe apertures in the Side flanges. The cutters may be made to cut astraight eut or a V-shaped cut, 5o as preferred, both styles of cuttersbeing shown in the drawings.

F is the ope1'ating-levera sort of two horned camwhich is pivoted on thepin G, which is supported by being driven through the two side flanges,B B'. The shape ofthe cani part of this double-handled lever is such asto cause the Cutterhead to be pressed down, whichever horn ofthe leveris pushed rdownward. The shape is indicated by thedotted 6o lines.

I show balls H H on the points of the opery ating-lever; but any othersuitable style of handle may be adopted.

The operation is simple, and as follows: The 5 5 cigar is inserted intoone of the apertures and held there. Either one of the horns ofthelever' is then pressed downward, and the cuttingknives will slide pastthe orices and eut oli any projecting cigar-tip which may be heldin 7oeither of the fourapertures with which the machine is provided.

I do not claim any particular shape for the cutting-knives, nor do Iclaim, in a broad sense, the combination of cutting-knives and holderfor the cigar; but

W'hat I claini as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The cigar-tip cutter herein described, consisting,essentially,of thehollow pillar B, suit- 8o ably supported and having side llanges, B B',and apertures b', the vertically-1n oving cuttcrhead D, having its steminserted into the hollow Of the standing pillar and being provided witheuttingblades E E, the spiral spring G, winding around the stern of thecutter-head and supporting the saine, and the Operatingl cam-lever F,bearing upon and pressing down the cutterhead when actuatcd,to theeffect of clipping olif the cigar-tips passed through 9o apertures b',the whole arranged and operating substantially as described.

CORNELIUS KNUDSEN. [L s] Vitnesses:

O. R. LEVERING, E. KNUDSEN.

